Training for a race next weekend and in an attempt to try and get my stubborn weight to move I favored cardio this week (increasing length and number of sessions) and only did 1 1hr weight session. Good news it worked weights dropping! I'll try to squeeze in all sets next week with the increased cardio. (Got a dress I want into before April 10th that wont do up... If I can get into that that will be reward enough for me :) )

Week #1: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? NO Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? NO Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? NO Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? YES

Week #2: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? YES Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? YES Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? NO Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? YES

Week #3: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? YES Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? YES Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? NO Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? YES

Week #4: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? YES Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? YES Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? YES Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? YES

End Weight: 213

Lbs Lost: 3 (not what I was hoping for, but better than nothing)

Inches Lost: 3.5"

Edited by: MEOWLICIOUS at: 3/29/2009 (08:51)

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it." William Arthur Ward

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Confucius

I am in! This is my first challenge with this team and I am so PSYCHED about it.

Beginning Weight:292.5-UGH!!

Week #1: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? N-Some days I was under. I need to work on that this next week.

Week #2: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Week #3: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Week #4: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

End Weight:_______________________

Inches lost:______________________

Edited by: OLIJ1075 at: 3/7/2009 (13:04)

You Were Born an Original; Don't Die a Copy!

Think "impossible" and dreams get discarded, projects get abandoned , and hope for wellness is torpedoed. But let someone yell the words "It's possible," and resources we hadn't been aware of come rushing in to assist us in our quest. I believe we are all potentially brilliant and creative--but only if we believe it, only if we have an attitude of positive expectancy toward our ideas, and only if we act on them. Author: Greg Anderson

I'm in! This will be a great motivator for me as my husband and myself will be on a monthlong vacation beginning the second week of March. I'm going to do my best to keep up with my health while we are traveling :-)

Beginning Weight:______________

Week #1: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Week #2: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Week #3: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Week #4: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

End Weight:_______________________

Inches lost:______________________

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke

Whoa. This is going to be quite the challenge for me, but I think I'm up for it. Since these are all things I'm supposed to be doing anyway to get used to the newness of Spark, I think a challenge where I'm being held accountable and have to check in weekly is just the thing to force me to do it.

For your posting, please use this format. You can copy and paste it to your posting. However, to keep this forum less confusing, can you please just edit your same posting? If you want to discuss the challenge? Let me know and I can create another forum for us to discuss throughout March!

Here's the format:

Beginning Weight:______________

Week #1: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Week #2: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Week #3: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Week #4: Did you perform 3 days of strength training this week? Y or N

Did you at least workout for 4 days with 30-minutes of cardio? Y or N

Did you drink 8 8-oz. of water for at least 5 days a week? Y or N

Did you eat within your caloric intake at least 5 days a week? Y or N

End Weight:_______________________

Inches lost:______________________

Phil. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!

No one can do what you are called to do, but you!

Great works are performed not by strength but by perserverance. - Samuel Johnson

I am going to make this challenge a little bit of a competition. Additionally, there is going to be an actual prize at the end of March.

The challenge will be to see which Woman on a Mission can keep a steady streak going with her workouts and lose weight and/or inches at the end of March.

Here are the details of the challenge:

1. Take your measurements and weigh yourself on February 28th. 2. Weekly post your streak of your workouts. 3. You must incorporate 3 days of strength training into your workous a week. 4. You must incorporate at least 30 minutes of cardio for 4 days a week. 5. Since we are really focusing on workouts this month, you must drink 8 8-oz. of water everyday, but for the challenge you have to drink this same amount of water for at least 5 days a week. Additionally, you have to eat within your calorie intake at least 5 days a week. 6. Lastly, you have to post your streak weekly. Now, this will be based on the honor system.

This challenge will require you to keep track of your eating and workouts. Use any tools you feel comfortable with, whether that SP or something you use at home. Whoever does not post their Streak on a weekly basis will be disqualified from winning the prize.

On March 31st, you will have to let us know of your measurements and weight loss. Now, I know some ladies are not weighing themselves or taking measurements. But, I just ask that you do it for this challenge.

Now, the prize will be a giveaway of a $20 dollar giftcard to two of the ladies who does the best with this streak challenge. The giftcard will be mailed to your home address by myself.

So, ladies, who is up for the Streak Challenge starting Sunday, March 1st? Who will be the winner of the $20 dollar giftcards? Who will take the time and effort to really get focused on themselves and lose the weight?

When you take your measurements and weight, don't forget to give yourself a dollar for each pound and inch lost. We are going to continue to do this throughout the year!

So, let the games begin!

Phil. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!

No one can do what you are called to do, but you!

Great works are performed not by strength but by perserverance. - Samuel Johnson

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